Japan 500 Yen 1982 to Date

That's a modern 500 yen piece from Japan. It is minted in copper-nickel and is worth face value. A collector will pay a few US dollars over face for a nice looking specimen. Use xe.com to find the current exchange rate for yen. At the moment, 500 yen is worth about $6 US dollars. Look it up. Tomorrow it will be different.

Be careful of counterfeits; this coin is widely counterfeited. The catalog says the design is a pawlownia flower.

The coin in our picture is a real dazzler. It is a proof coin that was produced by the mint especially for collectors. Proof coins are not intended for circulation, but for collecting only. They have specially prepared surfaces and are struck in presses with extra attention to detail. Isn't it a beauty?

The coin in our picture comes from respected eBay seller coin5555. This proof sold for about $25 US dollars, a good price for a coin with superb eye appeal.

CoinQuest thanks coin5555 for use of their photo.
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Coin: 12471, Genre: The Sinosphere, Timeline: Modern
Created (yyyymm): 201208, Last review: 201605
Appearance: Normal round coin Metallic gray Letters: Chinese style
Years: sort: 1982, filter: 1982 to 2050
Image: japan_500_yen_1990.jpg
Tags: stemming fern bloomed scripts symbol letter stem leis lilly monograms symbal fleur liafy 5th symbels flour leaves leaf blossom lis flur vined lettering bouquet petels initials numbers flowers petal orchid petals leave number leaved leafs vines fler simbol flower leafe japanise trefoil caligraphy leafy symbols inscription japanes bough leafed symbles lises lily japan monogram leavs bud foliage japanize pedals trefoils lilys ferns initals letters floer fluer fleures boughs lei numbering floral 500 vine simble one dogwood japenese ivy lisse ones japanese numbered stems scrip inscriptions greenery flowery lettered bush fleurs script yen orcid calligraphy initial